Kasim Hill

Kasim Ajani Hill (born December 9, 1997) is an American former college football quarterback.

He played for Maryland, Tennessee, and Rhode Island.

Hill was born on December 9, 1997, in Washington, D.C. He started his high school football career with Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland before moving to and attending St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. Coming out of St. John's College he was a consensus four-star recruit according to all major recruiting databases, he was ranked the 93rd-ranked overall player in the class of 2017 according to Rivals.com.

He started the season throwing 84 pass attempts before throwing his first interception against Temple, which would be the longest streak for a Terrapin's quarterback since Danny O'Brien in 2010.

On the season he completed 84 of 170 pass attempts for 1,083 passing yards alongside nine touchdowns and four interceptions.

In a game against Illinois he threw for a career-high 265 passing yards and three touchdowns.

He tied his career-high of three touchdowns again in a game against Rutgers.

After the season Hill announced he would enter the transfer portal.

In Hill's senior year in 2016, he moved to St. John's College, where he was an American Family/USA Today All-USA Washington, D.C. First Team, Washington Post All-Metro Honorable Mention, and WCAC All-Conference Third Team selection.

He threw for 1,431 yards and sixteen touchdowns while also rushing for 885 yards and ten touchdowns.

He led the Cadets to an 8–4 record and an appearance in the WCAC championship game.

He received offers from Michigan, Penn State, and Michigan State but ultimately chose to play for Maryland.

In Hill's true freshman season, he played in three games for the Terrapins—starting two.

He made his college football debut on the road against No. 23 Texas in relief of injured Tyrrell Pigrome.

When he entered the game, Maryland had a lead and Hill closed out the victory by completing all three of his pass attempts and rushing for a touchdown.

He made his first start against FCS opponent Towson the following week as Pigrome continued to deal with his injury.

In the team's 63–17 win he went thirteen of sixteen for 163 yards and two touchdowns, the first of which being a nine yard pass to D. J. Moore.

His 81.3% completion percentage was good enough for seventh-highest in a single game in Maryland history.

He would start the following week against UCF, completing both of his attempts before suffering a season-ending injury.

In Hill's redshirt freshman season, he started the first ten games of the season for Maryland.

He started the season against No. 23 Texas with a win where he threw for a then-career-high 222 passing yards, seventeen completions, and a career-long completion of 65 yards to Jeshaun Jones.

He was named the 2017 Gatorade Player of the Year for Washington, D.C. as well as playing for Team Armour in the 2017 Under Armour All-American Game.

At The Opening's Washington, D.C. Regional he earned quarterback honors.

As a junior at Gilman School he was an All-MIAA selection at quarterback while also being an honorable mention for the All-State Team.

On August 22, 2019, Hill transferred to Tennessee.

In Hill's redshirt sophomore season, due to NCAA transfer rules, he did not play for Tennessee during the 2019 season and instead played for the Volunteers' scout team.

After the season Hill announced he would enter the transfer portal for a second time.

In Hill's first season with the Rams in 2020, despite the season being moved and shortened due to COVID-19 he helped lead the team to two back-to-back upset wins against ranked opponents.

In the next season he led the team to a 7–4 record and had his best season as a starter to that point in his career.

In 2021 he was a two-time CAA Offensive Player of the Week and a recipient of the NEFWA Gold Helmet Award.

The following year the team repeated with the same record and won their fourth consecutive Governor's Cup and Hill's second consecutive.

He beat all statistical career-highs in 2022 as the team was short of a playoff appearance, following the season he was granted his seventh, and final, year of eligibility.

On November 28, 2020, Hill transferred to Rhode Island.

Rhode Island and the CAA would postpone the 2020 fall season and move it to the spring of 2021, while also cancelling the final three games.

In Hill's redshirt junior season, he played in all three games for the Rams.

He made his debut against No. 6 Villanova after the team's original season-opener against Bryant was postponed.

Against the Wildcats he went eighteen of 28 for 246 yards and ran for 36 yards and the game-winning touchdown in overtime.

The next week against No. 18/19 Albany he went thirteen of 25 for 118 yards and one touchdown.

In overtime of that game he once again ran for the game-winning touchdown.

In the team's final game of the year against No. 9 Delaware he went five of ten for 26 yards and one touchdown but could not come up with their third straight upset win.